Senior Digital Analytics Consultant
Flying Bisons
Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote contract position at Flying Bisons explicitly welcomes applicants based in South Africa. This role is suited for senior-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
Flying Bisonsis a leadingStrategic Design & Digital Consultingcompany based in Warsaw, with projects across Europe and the Middle East. Our mission is to help our clientsUnleash Digital Potential™.
We work at scales where real impact happens:enterprise platforms, government services, and corporate ecosystemsused by millions of people. Our projects include national workforce platforms (Qiwa, Ajeer), education ecosystems (Madares), major banks (Bank Pekao, Alinma), global telecoms (Ooredoo, Salam), and international brands (KFC, Hebe, NaTemat, Enel-Med).
Our uniqueness comes from going beyond design craft. As we wrote in our manifestos -Strategic Design - ManifestandStrategic Design - The Future of Design-design craft is only 10% of success. The other 90% - theInvisible 90%- is about navigating politics, aligning stakeholders, and protecting fragile visions until they reach reality.
That’s why we’re building the discipline ofStrategic Design- and we want you to be part of it.
About the role
We are looking for aSenior Digital Analytics Consultantto partner withFlying Bisonson client projects. You will work with organisations to design and optimise analytics ecosystems, define KPIs, audit tracking implementations, analyse user behaviour, and turn data into actionable recommendations that improve business performance, digital products, and user experience. Beyond reporting, you will help clients understand what the data means, identify opportunities, and make informed, data-driven decisions.
Scope of services
* Analyse data from websites, apps, digital products, and campaigns.
Analyse data from websites, apps, digital products, and campaigns.
* Work with clients and internal teams to define business goals, KPIs, and analytics needs.
Work with clients and internal teams to define business goals, KPIs, and analytics needs.
* Design measurement plans, tracking plans, event structures, and data documentation.
Design measurement plans, tracking plans, event structures, and data documentation.
* Configure, audit, and optimise GA4, Google Tag Manager, BigQuery, Looker Studio, Hotjar, and other digital analytics tools.
Configure, audit, and optimise GA4, Google Tag Manager, BigQuery, Looker Studio, Hotjar, and other digital analytics tools.
* Work with data in BigQuery, including writing SQL queries and analysing data from different sources.
Work with data in BigQuery, including writing SQL queries and analysing data from different sources.
* Identify issues related to data quality, tracking, reporting, and analytics governance.
Identify issues related to data quality, tracking, reporting, and analytics governance.
* Support topics related to Consent Mode, user consent management, and privacy by design.
Support topics related to Consent Mode, user consent management, and privacy by design.
* Analyse user journeys, conversion funnels, retention, and marketing performance.
Analyse user journeys, conversion funnels, retention, and marketing performance.
* Prepare dashboards, reports, insights, and recommendations for clients and business stakeholders.
Prepare dashboards, reports, insights, and recommendations for clients and business stakeholders.
* Collaborate with Strategy, UX Research, Product Design, Development, Data, and Client Service teams.
Collaborate with Strategy, UX Research, Product Design, Development, Data, and Client Service teams.
* Use AI tools to automate repetitive tasks, speed up analysis, improve documentation, support SQL work, and prepare better recommendations faster.
Use AI tools to automate repetitive tasks, speed up analysis, improve documentation, support SQL work, and prepare better recommendations faster.
What we are looking for
* Advanced knowledge of GA4, including configuration, events, conversions, audiences, reporting, and data interpretation.
Advanced knowledge of GA4, including configuration, events, conversions, audiences, reporting, and data interpretation.
* Strong experience with Google Tag Manager, including tags, triggers, variables, data layer, and event tracking.
Strong experience with Google Tag Manager, including tags, triggers, variables, data layer, and event tracking.
* Practical knowledge of BigQuery and SQL.
Practical knowledge of BigQuery and SQL.
* Experience in an agency, consulting, or project-based environment.
Experience in an agency, consulting, or project-based environment.
* Experience in designing measurement plans and defining KPIs.
Experience in designing measurement plans and defining KPIs.
* Ability to identify gaps in tracking, data quality, and analytics configuration.
Ability to identify gaps in tracking, data quality, and analytics configuration.
* Ability to turn data into clear business, product, and UX recommendations.
Ability to turn data into clear business, product, and UX recommendations.
* Experience working directly with clients or business stakeholders.
Experience working directly with clients or business stakeholders.
* Ability to
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About Flying Bisons
Flying Bisons is a company in the Digital Analytics industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 2 open positions on Hirezar. View all Flying Bisons jobs →